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China tops U.S. as world’s top trading nation in goods – and Alberta’s oil...
China is now the world’s largest trading nation in goods, surpassing the United States, according to the latest official annual export and import data released by the two countries. And Alberta’s...
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Rocket Sugar Factory: Review
3.5 stars Stage 3, Walterdale Playhouse Improvisation shows can either reach riotous heights of hilarity, or they can crash and burn into a heap of nonsensical drivel. It’s a gamble. You never know...
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Memories from Canada 1 – Brazil 1
For me, the high-water mark for men’s soccer in Canada happened in 1994. It’s not the World Cup in 1986 where we failed to score a goal. It’s not the 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup championship. It was the...
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Pampa Brazilian Steakhouse offers special World Cup menu throughout the...
The menu at Pampa during the World Cup games is an a la carte affair featuring various skewers of some of the restaurant’s most popular cuts including garlic rump steak, backon-wrapped chicken,...
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Celebration of Brazilian food at Culina Mill Creek July 8, 9 and 10
Chef Steve Furgiuele, general manager and head chef at Culina Mill Creek, has put together a really inventive menu to recognize the World Cup celebrations. Steve’s wife is from Brazil, so the menu was...
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Day in History, Oct. 8, 1975: Former Alberta deputy minister fired for...
Dr. Glen Purnell was fired by the provincial government after the release of a report that found the former deputy minister of agriculture guilty of misconduct. Purnell “improperly used his position in...
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A case of Zika, believed to cause small heads in newborns, confirmed in Alberta
A case of the foreign mosquito-borne Zika virus — linked to small heads in newborns — is now confirmed in Alberta. The virus causes flu-like symptoms, but carries an additional risk to pregnant women,...
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Her weekend in Rio: St. Albert gymnast Marisa Dick qualifies for the Olympics
International intrigue, social media scandal, and an historic berth in the Olympic Games — this gymnastics story has more twists than a medal-winning vault. So to say that St. Albert gymnast Marisa...
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Study involving University of Alberta researcher asks: Did first snakes come...
The limbless, slender snakes of today could have evolved from a four-legged aquatic creature, a new study says. An Australian-Canadian team of researchers, including University of Alberta professor...
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Gary Lamphier: Brazil's stock market wins gold – seriously.
To the relief of most Brazilians (not to mention the global media), Rio’s 2016 Summer Olympics were not the unmitigated disaster some predicted. Oh sure, there were a few snags even the TV cameras...
View ArticleSweet stuff behind new business for new Canadian at City Market
Fernando Alves and Forrest Gump have something in common. They both know that a box of chocolates — like life — is full of surprises, and you never know what you're going to get. Read More
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